From midnight this Thursday, the flagship track of the Olympic Games will be available on the Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music, Tidal, Qobuz platforms, in two versions, one full (11 minutes) and the other short (5 min 40).
Good news for Games nostalgics. The piece of music Paradethe signature tune of the 2024 Olympic Games composed by Victor Le Masne, their music director, will arrive on platforms this Thursday at midnight, he announced to AFP on Tuesday, promising the later release of other pieces from the Games soundtrack. This title, unveiled during the arrival of the Olympic flame in Marseille on May 8, was broadcast throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Games, notably during the torch relays and on the occasion of the medal presentations to the athletes. It is also the melody that launched the river parade on the Seine, during the opening ceremony on July 26 in Paris.
It starts with a light, pop tune, with violins, then builds up with a symphony orchestra, moves to the epic register with choirs, to become a typical electro loop of the French Touch, with a festive coloring. From Thursday, Parade will be offered on the Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music, Tidal, Qobuz platforms, in two versions, one complete (11 minutes) and one short (5 min 40), specified Victor Le Masne who says “very happy”.
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A “complete album” of the Games’ music coming soon
In the first one, we feel “all emotional registers” wanted, “greatness”, “the power”, “joy”, “sports fever” et “music that unites”. The second, sort of “condensed”, “I wanted to give it to everyone so that we could dance to it more easily.”he explained. It will be “the soundtrack of our memories”hopes the director of the music of the Olympic Games, according to which “Pop culture has invited itself to these Games”. “What Parade has become has completely overwhelmed me. We lived and dreamed with this song.”he also acknowledged in an interview with West France published this Wednesday.
He, who also composed other pieces heard during the opening and closing ceremonies, announced “a complete album” of his Olympic compositions, at a date still unknown. “On the tracks with other artists (Aya Nakamura, Lady Gaga, Céline Dion, Kavinsky and Angèle…, Editor’s note), I’m not sure that everything can come out, it’s a little more complicated” House “work on it”he continued. On Wednesday, September 11, the announcement was made. Kavinsky’s cover with Angèle and the group Phoenix will soon be available on streaming platforms.
Asked about the parade of athletes planned for Saturday on the Champs-Élysées, Victor Le Masne promised “a great concert with artists”. He will also be the musical director. This is not the first Olympic song to be released on platforms: since August 30, the title played by the metal band Gojira with the opera singer Marina Viotti during the opening ceremony has been available for streaming.
